"The U.S. Supreme Court has formally listed all marriage cases with cert petitions pending -- Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Indiana -- for consideration on September 29, at its very first conference after coming back from summer recess."

"if the Court follows the pattern it followed last term, no case will be granted cert without being relisted at least once... For comparison, the Prop 8 case was distributed to four conferences and Windsor to three before the Court granted cert in those cases."

"if the Court follows the pattern it followed last term, no case will be granted cert without being relisted at least once... For comparison, the Prop 8 case was distributed to four conferences and Windsor to three before the Court granted cert in those cases."

That's my take, too. And, once all's said and done, SCOTUS may well deny cert, leaving all those decisions intact.

We will be in the sun sign of Libra-rules law, (ascendant Sagittarius-rules religion), after a Libra new moon, during a grand fire trine. SCOTUS should feel right at home but much pressure, I feel the justices will make their constitutional or UN, ruling on this date

It could go the total opposite too, to defer, Libra's (in this case, the court itself) are notorious for their indecisiveness

Ginsburg said cases pending before the circuit covering Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee would probably play a role in the high court's timing. She said "there will be some urgency" if that appeals court allows same-sex marriage bans to stand. Such a decision would run contrary to a legal trend favoring gay marriage and force the Supreme Court to step in sooner, she predicted.

She said if the appeals panel falls in line with other rulings there is "no need for us to rush."

Ginsburg said cases pending before the circuit covering Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee would probably play a role in the high court's timing. She said "there will be some urgency" if that appeals court allows same-sex marriage bans to stand. Such a decision would run contrary to a legal trend favoring gay marriage and force the Supreme Court to step in sooner, she predicted.

She said if the appeals panel falls in line with other rulings there is "no need for us to rush."